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Donata Leskauskaite

THE TRUTH ABOUT: Lesbian who left ultra orthodox hasidic judaism reveals religion s strict rules for intimacy | History Defined

An Orthodox Jewish author detailed her journey of being a closeted lesbian woman who married an emotionally unavailable husband and then ended her loveless marriage.

In her debut memoir Kissing Girls on Shabbat, the therapist, writer, and speaker revealed the strict rules of intimacy she was expected to follow when she was a young Hasidic bride.

Sara Glass, 39, grew up as “Malka” and was raised to be an ultra-religious Jewish woman from the insular Borough Park neighborhood in Brooklyn.

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